Caritas appeals for help in raising P5.8M for Mindanao storm victims

Inquirer 12/28/2017

  Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, is urging the faithful to help it raise P5.8 million for its relief efforts for the victims of severe Tropical Storm “Vinta” in Mindanao. Caritas, or…

Alleged snatcher mauled by bystanders

Chris A. Ligan 12/27/2017

An alleged snatcher was mauled by bystanders in Sitio Pungsod, Barangay Lawaan 3 in Talisay City on December 27, Wednesday afternoon. The suspect was identified as Ritchie Tabura, from Barangay Tabunok in Talisay. He allegedly stole cell…

HOMELESS ON CHRISTMAS

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Nestle L. Semilla 12/26/2017

Burned spaghetti, cake, and toys littered Sitio Caduldulan of Barangay Lawaan III in Talisay City, a day after a fire razed down 87 houses that rendered at least 300 individuals homeless on Christmas Eve. But some of…

DSWD-7 to deliver last batch of food packs to ‘Urduja’ victims

Futch Anthony Inso 12/20/2017

The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) has deployed food packs to the victims affected by Tropical Storm Urduja in Biliran Province. According to the director of DSWD-7 Evelyn Macapobre, about 15,600 food…

700 Mandaue fire victims get water supply

Norman V. Mendoza 12/15/2017

More than 700 fire victims in Barangay Mantuyong, Mandaue City will get their water supply from the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) before Christmas. The MCWD, together with the Sustainable and Resilient Pro-poor Water Supply Project Cebu…

House fire kills family of three in Mandaue

Norman V. Mendoza 10/05/2017

A couple and their 10-year-old son were burned to death after their house was gobbled by fire in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue City early morning on Thursday. The charred bodies of Antonio Paz, his wife Marcela and son…

Mother of victims heeds call to move

Rosalie O. Abatayo 09/30/2017

  After the lives of her two sons were claimed by the river, Janice Navarro finally decided to heed the call of the city government to leave their house beside the creek in Banawa, Guadalupe and relocate…

Cebu City to grant financial, burial aid to drowning, landslide victims

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/30/2017

  Financial assistance worth P20,000, and burial assistance worth at least P10,000 will be given to the living relatives of the three persons who drowned in a creek in Sitio Riverside, Barangay Guadalupe, and to the 11-year-old…

Murder victim’s ma seeks NBI aid

Benjie B. Talisic 09/27/2017

THE mother of a businesswoman who was found dead with gunshot wounds on her body at a grassy road in a subdivision in Barangay Linao, Talisay City, sought help from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to…

Cebu Archdiocese rings church bells for victims

Ador Vincent Mayol 09/22/2017

A CALL TO END VIOLENCE Starting Sunday, September 24, church bells throughout the city and province of Cebu will ring at 8 p.m. to remember victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs). It is also a call for an…

Port police rescue 3 ‘victims’ of human trafficking

Nestle L. Semilla 09/19/2017

AT least three girls were rescued at the Cebu Port Terminal 1 on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion that they were victims of human trafficking. An 18-year-old and two minors were just about to board a vessel going…

Mandaue fire victims receive calamity aid

Norman V. Mendoza 09/07/2017

About 242 households that were displaced by a fire in Sitio Back Matimco, Barangay Subangdaku in Mandaue City last July 24 received their financial assistance yesterday morning. Of that number, 149 house owners received P10,000 cash each…

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